Which to use
“attendez” and “attendue” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,207
- “attendez” frequency rank
- #11,345
- “attendue” frequency rank
- 15552
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | attendez | attendue |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de attendre. | Féminin singulier du participe passé du verbe attendre. |
Where the eye mixes attendez and attendue
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. attendez (VCCVCCVC) and attendue (VCCVCCVV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: attendez vs attendue
A purely visual mix-up. attendez (\a.tɑ̃.de\) and attendue (\a.tɑ̃.dy\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 15552, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
attendez is recorded at frequency rank #4,207, classified as averb, pronounced \a.tɑ̃.de\. attendue is at rank #11,345, tagged as averb, pronounced \a.tɑ̃.dy\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 15552, this pair ranks #391,856 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of attendez vs attendue
Shared letters: adent. Private to "attendez": z. Private to "attendue": u.
"attendez" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC · "attendue" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "attendez" and "attendue" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "attendez" or "attendue"?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "attendez" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "attendue" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #391,856 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "attendez" and "attendue" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "attendue vs atténuée". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #391,856 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.